Penholder.



Nofaemiaz. PATENTBD' OCT. 1, 1907.

. K.G.RUDY.

PENHOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 14,1906.

Zlmwntoz krwfe KNUTE G. RUDY, OF NORTHFIELD, MINNESOTA.

PENHOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 1, 1907.

Application filed A ri114,1906. Serial No. 311,738.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, KNUTE G. RUDY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Northfield, in the county of Rice, State of Minnesota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Penholders; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention has relation to penholders that are adapted to eject the pen which they carry.

It is the object of the invention to provide a penholder of the kind mentioned with improvements that will enhance its serviceability and make it more satisfactory in use than penholders of its type as heretofore constructed.

The invention consists of a penholder that may have wood as the handle proper, which is provided on one end with a short fixed sleeve slotted on its under side from near the rear end to about the rear end of the pin, and notched on its upper side forward of said slot. From the notch on the upper side forward to the end a small strip is cut out forming on each side a spring wing. A sliding sleeve covers the forward end and the fixed sleeve, and a small point or protuberance formed by indenting the sliding sleeve at a proper point on its under side extends into the slot in the bottom of the fixed sleeve to guide and limit the sliding sleeve in its movements. The ends of the two sleeves are cut off on a bevel from the bottom forward to the top.

The invention will first be described in detail, in view of the annexed drawings forming a part of this specification, and then be pointed out with particularity in the subjoined claim.

Of the said drawings:Figure 1 is a sectional view of the penholder containing a pen. Fig. 2 is a plan with the sliding sleeve drawn back and the pen ejected. Fig. 3 is a bottom view of the same.

The same figures of reference designate the same parts or features, as the case may be, wherever they occur.

In the drawings, 5 designates the penstock 01 handle which may be composed of wood of suitable kind and size.

6 designates a fixed sleeve of metal forced on the forward end of the penstock and provided with a slot 7 on its under side extending from near its rear end forward to a line a little inadvance of the forward end of the handle. The fixed sleeve has a notch 8, formed in its upper side, the rear of which is substantially straight, while the forward part is beveled toward the front end. Furthermore, the fixed sleeve is slotted on its upper side from the notch to the end, by having a quite narrow strip removed, as at 9, whereby a spring Wing 10 is formed on each side of said slot 9.

11 is the slidable sleeve on the forward end of the stock which also covers the fixed sleeve, and has a point or protuberance l2 punched inward from its under side and extends into the slot 7 to guide the sliding sleeve and limit the extent of its movement. Both sleeves are beveled from the under side forward on corresponding lines.

' In use, the sliding sleeve will be moved forward over the fixed sleeve to its utmost limit, and the rear end of the pen will be inserted in the forward end above the spring wings 10 and the sliding sleeve until said end of the pen is stopped by the forward end of the penstock. When it is desired to eject the pen the sliding sleeve will be simply moved back to its limit and the pen will fall away. The spring wings hold the pen with requisite firmness, and yet are yielding so that the penholder is not liable to become clogged with ink to the extent of holding the rear end of the pen so that it cannot be dislodged without trouble.

The end of the penstock being rigid pushes the pen out with certainty and ease.

The slot in the bottom of the fixed sleeve being closed at both ends prevents the protuberance extending therein from liability of leaving it through mishap.

What is claimed, is

A pen-ejecting penholder comprising a pen-stock a fixed sleeve mounted on the forward end of the pen-stock and provided with a longitudinal slot formed in its under side, and with a notch and a narrow slot formed in its upper side, the forward part of the notch being inclined f orwardly and upwardly and communicating with the rear end of said narrow slot, and the rear end of said notch being straight and formed on a line coincident with the terminus of the pen-stock, whereby the latter serves to limit the inward movement of the pen-point; and an im perforate sliding sleeve disposed upon the front end of the pen-stock and unconnected therewith, said sleeve covering the fixed sleeve and having a protuberance punched in wardly therefrom on its lower side and extending into the longitudinal slot in said fixed sleeve, whereby the movement of the sliding sleeve in one direction or the other will be limited by the contact of said protuberance with the corresponding end of said slot.

In testimony whereof, I afiix my signature, in presence of two witnesses.

KNUTE G. RUDY. 

